2024 D&D Core Rulebooks Off to "Strongest-Ever" Start for D&D Books

Dungeons & Dragons got a rare shoutout during Hasbro's 3rd quarter earnings report, with Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks stating that the 2024 Core Rulebooks were off to a record start. Today, Hasbro released its third quarter 2025 earnings report, with Wizards of the Coast propping up the overall revenue for the company. Wizards of the Coast is up 33% YTD, with Magic: The Gathering having a 40% jump compared to last year. However, Cocks also called out Dungeons & Dragons in his comments, speaking to both the Core Rulebooks and D&D Beyond's Maps VTT.

Cocks' full comments (which are admittedly very brief) can be found below:

The refreshed 2024 editions of D&D’s Monster Manual, Players Handbook, and DM Guide are off to the strongest-ever start for D&D books. D&DBEYOND’S new, accessible virtual tabletop has driven weekly traffic up nearly 50% since its September launch.

Hasbro is having a good year, with total revenue up 7% compared to last year. Wizards is expected to be up 36-38% for 2025, largely due to the performance of Magic: The Gathering.

 

[Scribe]

Obfuscate the disappointments, underscore the triumphs.

Exactly. Anyone who has helped prepare earnings statements (hi!) knows this.

 

[Zardnaar]

Yep it is weird and regional. My local FLGS can't keep the 2024 PHB in stock. It took my about 8 months after launch to get a hand on one!

Something similar here. Couldn't get them now everyone as them and.

 

[TerraDave]

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But the core books sold great at launch. In fact, they sold OUT at launch. It would have been nice for them to have been more readily available. There was a few week window at the beginning of the year where we didn't have one or the other of the core books, and we never received our full order on the Exclusive Covers (and if we'd know that would happen, we'd have compensated with more Regular Covers, so some warning would have been nice, too!)

This reminded me that there have been parts of the world were it has been extremely hard to get the 2024 core books (where you could get 2014 books and other gaming stuff). The books are also barely discounted on Amazon. Both imply they are scarce and hence have sold well.

Edit: just had like 3 posts saying basically the same thing.

 

[mamba]

The books are also barely discounted on Amazon. Both imply they are scarce and hence have sold well.

no that is because WotC changed category from book to game, specifically to not have the steep book discounts